http://www.nighthawks.eu

http://www.myspace.com/nighthawksgermany

Origine du Groupe : Deutshland

Style : Nu-Jazz , Electro Jazz , Lounge , Alternative

Sortie : 2010

From Official Myspce :

A short keyboard motif – its sound seems to emanate from a music box. It is joined by a bouncy, increasingly climactic groove with a jazzy-percussive trumpet on top creating an effervescent,
pulsing atmosphere. “Boutique Korkut” – we are in the middle of the vibrant Belgian quarter in Cologne. Once again twilight falls, the sun sets and the night begins to the musical soundtrack of
the Nighthawks.



The Nighthawks project, launched at the end of the 1990s, is the brainchild of trumpet player Reiner Winterschladen and multi-instrumentalist and producer Dal Martino. Since their first album
“Citizen Wayne” (1998), the duo has been known for its profound and stylish jazzy lounge music. However, stirring up associations and images, the Nighthawks’ music goes much deeper than that. “I
think it’s great and very important that the listener has visual associations while hearing the music”, says Dal Martino. “Our project started with film music. For me, it is still important that
each track has a little script. We aim to trigger images which in turn release certain emotions.”



On their new album “Today”, which is their fifth studio album to date, the Nighthawks have embarked on an unusual and extraordinarily exciting world tour of a different kind. It is not really
what one would have expected of them. At the start, they only had one aim in mind: “Back to the roots”, summarises Dal Martino. “In the sense that we let our ideas run wild and developed melodies
and groove fragments without asking ourselves whether these sound fragments fitted together. The final structure of the album crystallised much later.” Their unceasing curiosity to explore new
musical horizons has once again led the Nighthawks halfway around the world – especially to eastern regions.



Musicians certainly depend on ideas, suitable ideas. Ideas is something the Nighthawks have never been short of. However, at the start they did not know where these original ideas would
eventually lead them. They were happier not knowing, aware of the restraining effect that too much rational analysis would have on their curiosity and instincts. Instead, the Nighthawks placed
their trust both in themselves and their ideas. This time, their travels led them into the thicket of the Romanian forests, the glamorous Brazilian Trancoso, to the picturesque “Rialto Hotel” in
Warsaw and to the almost deserted steppes of Iran. “I have been travelling around a lot these last few years, I was in Poland, Romania, Hungary, Moldavia,” says Martino. “Of course that affected
our music, especially as I met fantastic singers such as Anna Maria Jopek from Poland or Emilia Istvan, a Roma icon, whose qualities have given the new album a unique character.”





Things cannot always be planned when you work on an album. Emilia Istvan is a case in point. “In Timisoara, I heard ‘Ederlezi’, a traditional Roma song which impressed me a lot. It’s a wonder
that the song finally made it on to the album as Emilia is constantly on the move around the entire Balkan area. By lucky coincidence, I managed to record her voice in a hotel room in Bucharest.
When the piece was completed I realised that it effectively represented the starting point of our journey which eventually led to ‘Male Tesknoty’ featuring the fantastic Anna Maria Jopek and
Sting’s guitarist Dominic Miller.”



Both ‘Ederlezi’ and ‘Male Tesknoty’, a Polish hit from the 80s, demonstrate Dal Martino’s and Reiner Winterschladen’s unique ability to reshape a musically rather absurd original into a typical
Nighthawks soundscape. The epic ‘Dust’, the last track on the CD with its somewhat Arabic melodic motif, is evidence of their universal pretensions. On top of this, their music is becoming
increasingly compact. Not one note is out of place, not one sample is used just for the sake of it. The Nighthawks are resounding proof of the premise that less is better.



In many cases, their music works like a soundtrack to an imaginary film. The new album ‘Today’ is no exception. One should just listen to the bouncy grooving and mysterious ‘The Consul Is
Driving’ which would make a brilliant soundtrack for a psycho thriller. The slightly wistful ‘To The Bar And Back’ would also perfectly complement the film noir genre. “Even after the recording
process has started, an album such as this always requires numerous decisions to be taken. I could name each album ’One Million Decisions’. However, in the end I believe that only things that
really strike a nerve with us pass through the filter of my spirit.”



The new Nighthawks CD, which has been called ‘’Today’’ for good reason, demonstrates what Dal Martino and Reiner Winterschladen are getting excited about in the here and now. It is a musical
journey of discovery: soul, jazz, pop, reggae, Latin American and Arabic influences, melodies from Poland and the Balkan region – driven by their passion for experiment, the Nighthawks are not
concerned with borders. Aside from their undoubtedly top class musicianship, it is their curiosity and their love of the unusual that makes ‘’Today’’ so exciting and entertaining.

Tracklist :   

1. Boutique Korkut 5:57

2. To The Bar And Back 4:50

3. Male Tesknoty 4:27

4. Rialto Hotel 5:23

5. The Consul Is Driving 6:07

6. Frankfurt-Trancoso 6:54

7. The Younger We Were 4:15

8. Slave To the Moon 5:54

9. Ederlezi 5:24

10. Dust 6:15



Line-up:

Dal Martino (bass, guitar, vocals)

Reiner Winterschladen (trumpet, flugelhorn)

Jürgen Dahmen (Rhodes, percussion)

Markus Wienstroer (guitar)

Xaver Fischer (keyboards)

Thomas Alkier (drums, percussion)



Guest musicians:

Anna Maria Jopek (voc)

Emilia Istvan (voc)

Dominic Miller (git)

Zdzislav Marcinkiewicz (keys)

Zwanie Jonson (drums)

http://www.myspace.com/monoklemuz

http://www.myspace.com/galunspace

http://www.12rec.net

Origine du Groupe : Russia

Style : Electro-Pop , Breakbeat , Electronique , Abstract , Psychedelic

Sortie : 2010

12rec est sans doute le netlabel que j’ai le plus cité dans mes chroniques ces dernières années parce que c’est tout simplement le plus régulier en terme de qualité et peut-être aussi le plus
passionnant dans ce qu’il propose. La preuve encore une fois avec cet excellent album signé de l’association entre le russe Vladislav Kudryavtsev (Monokle) et le chanteur Sergey Galunenko
(Galun). Cette duo donne quelque chose de totalement convaincant dans un style que l’on pourrait situer entre Bibio  et The Notwist, ou le mélange des breakbeats de la poptronica. La qualité
des compos est assez impressionnante et me fait dire que cet album risque bien de figurer au top 10 de fin d’année des productions netaudio pour 2010.



par Netlabels Revue



Tracklist :

01 Happy Sun

02 Colding

03 Two Times

04 Globus

05 Fine Care

06 Air Krispella

07 Crossed Fingers

08 Justalite

09 Get At Will

10 Long

11 Smolder

12 Means

http://le-tone.fr

http://www.myspace.com/letone

Origine du Groupe : France

Style : Electro , Turntable

Sortie : 1999

Bon bin en fait, Le Tone, c'est encore un de ces mecs qui bidouillent de la musique à grands coups de samples, de scratchs et d'autres trucs dans le genre. Des trucs que tu n'as même pas besoin
d'avoir fait le conservatoire pour jouer de la musique qui swingue...Non, pas besoin...



Jusqu'à maintenant, Le Tone, il n'avait sortit que des singles...Là, c'est son premier album...Tout premier...



En fait j'ai connu le boulot de Le Tone, par le biais de ses pochettes de disques qui sont toujours « hyper-belles »...Ouais, c'est d'abord comme ça que j'ai connu Le Tone. Pis après, j'ai
commencé à entendre des morceaux sur COULEUR 3, «joli dragon» pour être précis et pis aussi «la biche égarée»...Tout de suite, j'ai bien aimé, parce qu'ils étaient «rigolos» ces morceaux...



Donc, lorsque j'ai appris que Le Tone sortait un album, et bin, je l'ai tout de suite acheté...C'est ma foi une bonne initiative...En plus, après l'avoir acheté, j'ai eu la bonne idée de le
placer dans mon MANGE-DISQUES, et pis après avoir fait ça j'ai appuyé sur le bouton PLAY, et pis j'ai écouté...Alors ça aussi, c'est une bonne initiative...



Tout de suite, j'ai adoré...Parce que bon, Le Tone ça ne ressemble pas du tout à ce qui se fait en «musique électronique Française » habituelle...ça ne ressemble pas du tout à Daft Punck, Bob
Sinclar, Stardust ou encore Cassius...Non, non, pas du tout comme eux...C'est tant mieux d'ailleurs, si c'est différent...



D'ailleurs Le Tone, ça ne ressemble à rien du tout de ce que j'ai pu entendre jusqu'à maintenant...Si, si, c'est pas des conneries...C'est sûr que dans cet album il y a des morceaux qui sont bien
dans «l'air du temps» style "Drum 'nd Bass", "House", "Trip'hop", mais toujours avec cette petite touche «Le Tone»...Enfin, je trouve...ça dépend, je me plante....Vous me direz ce que vous en
pensez...



Autrement la musique de LeTone, c'est de la musique avec plein de jolis p'tits bruits. Comme par exemple «Touhou, touhou» ou encore «Blup» voir même «Wouzwouz»... Mais il y a aussi de très belles
mélodies...Des trucs hyper-reposants...Dès que tu écoutes tu es tout calme, même si tu n'as pas mangé des tartines tartinées au crack ou encore mangé des yaourts parfumés au L.S.D...Non, même pas
besoin de tout ça...Mais bon, ça doit aider aussi....Par contre, il faut resté couché sinon le tête tourne...



Et pis ce qui est bien, c'est qu'encore une fois, Le Tone a acheté une jolie illustration pour mettre sur la pochette et pis dedans le livret...Alors déjà ça, c'est un bon point...Mais, ça dépend
aussi, vous n'allez même pas la trouver belle cette pochette...



Vous me direz ce que vous en pensez...



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Tracklist :

1. Intro (1:17)

2. Joli Dragon (3:39)

3. La Biche Egaree (4:30)

4. Expression du Domaine de la Lutte (4:31)

5. 7th Floor (1:02)

6. Mauvaise graine (3:46)

7. Pietrafitta (2:57)

8. Sin Gaz (0:18)

9. Is It Love (3:48)

10. Avenue Parmentier 9pm (1:49)

11. Rocky VIII (4:13)

12. The Ray Cup Racing (2:41)

13. Bitter Crop (3:45)

14. Lessivé (7:30)

http://www.palenkesoultribe.com

http://www.myspace.com/palenkesoultribeproject

Origine du Groupe : North America , Colombia

Style : Alternative Fusion World , Electro

Sortie : 2010

Palenke Soultribe just got back from a tour and have released a few remixes from a few bands and a re-edit of their track ‘The Color of your Dreams’ for their fans as a thank you to each place
they stopped at. This Columbian group comprised of two producers and a drummer/percussionist have a unique Cumbia electro dance groove vibe to them and I’m digging it. Check out the free download
of Wepalenke below!

by http://wgmeets.wordpress.com

Tracklist :

1.Palenke Soultribe + Locos por Juana - Afro Sound 04:28

2.Palenke Soultribe + Maleco Collective - Serenata para Ti (Palenke Soultribe Remix) 03:02   

3."Te Veo" feat. Sr.Mendez 03:01   

4.The Color of your Dreams (Radio Edit) 04:22

http://soundpoolmusic.com

http://www.myspace.com/soundpool

Origine du Groupe : North America

Style : Electro Disco House , Shoegaze , Psychedelic

Sortie : 2010

NEWS !!! NOW DESKTOPIFY THIS PLAYER HERE

t’s pretty amazing that a music scene as short-lived and ill-defined as “shoegaze” could have such a lasting effect. Named, to the bands’ chagrin, for the disinterested way they would look down
at their feet while playing, the “shoegazers” created ethereal, often majestic sounds by camouflaging their guitars with layers of effects until they sounded more like synthesizers.



The style had its roots going back to texturalists like Brian Eno and Robert Fripp, and was more directly influenced by boundary-pushing indie pop bands like Felt, Cocteau Twins, Kitchens of
Distinction, and the Jesus and Mary Chain. The British “indie dance” craze of the early 1990s gave the shoegazers a ticket to brief stardom, in the UK at least. The sculpted guitar haze worked
surprisingly well with the then-prevalent shuffle rhythms. You could count the major shoegaze bands, all of them British, on one hand. Ride, Slowdive, Lush, and Chapterhouse are the usual
suspects, though there were others, some lumped in erroneously because the critics had nothing better to do. When the Happy Mondays and Jesus Jones faded from public favor, the shoegazers
followed. The scene was dead faster than you could say “Britpop”.



Yet it never exactly died. The original bands split up, but others started to spring up in the mid-1990s. Curiously, many were American. There seemed to be a consistent audience for bands that
inverted the guitar noise of hard rock and turned it into something pretty and ponderous. The rise of electronic dance music gave these bands a new platform for their effects racks and reverb.
And that’s pretty much where things stand, 15 years later.



The New York band Soundpool have been compared to Slowdive, but that really wasn’t fair. On the evidence of their first two albums, Soundpool simply weren’t nearly as good as that. You can’t just
take a mysterious, pretty girl with a pretty voice, add those guitars, and end up with something substantial. Yes, you still have to have songs. And few of Soundpool’s made a lasting
impression.



With Mirrors in Your Eyes, Soundpool have decided to emphasize the disco beats that have always been an element of their music. A good, clean beat that you can dance to can cover a lot of
songwriting shortcomings, but leaders John Ceparano and Kim Field have improved in that area, too. This is still mostly in-one-ear-out-the-other stuff, but it provides a pleasurable, danceable
experience while it’s there. Mirrors in Your Eyes is a very cool-sounding album, and that goes a long way. It could have come out ten years ago, or 15 years ago. Whether that’s a compliment
depends on your perspective.



A crucial key to Mirrors in Your Eyes is that the electronic rhythms work. They’re crisp, sharp, and well-produced, retro rather than dated. Soundpool have gone all-in with the dance thing, too.
These are big, club-ready beats, and better for it. The title track opens the album with a blast of filtered noise and what sounds like an actual synth, before the beat and a surprisingly funky
disco bassline kick in. Field’s thin but beguiling voice slots in beneath the barrage, just where you’d expect it. This is the formula from which Soundpool work for the rest of the album, and
most of the time it succeeds.



The centerpiece is “Makes No Sense”, which finds the all the album’s strongest elements coming together in one three-minute capsule of bliss. With a pounding four-on-the-floor rhythm, acid
bassline, melancholy synths, and interplanetary guitars, the song sounds like someone held up a tape recorder in the middle of a packed club in 1992 while Saint Etienne was blaring. In other
words, glorious. Elsewhere, “Kite of Love” and “Listen” work a more jazzy vibe, while “I’m So Tired” spins out into space in almost gothic fashion.



Inevitably, Mirrors in Your Eyes begins to suffer from some the tracks’ similar template. Some songs go on too long, lost in their own haze. But the only real dud is the limp Jesus and Mary Chain
redux, where Ceparano takes over the vocals. Otherwise, Soundpool’s dancefloor excursion makes a pretty good case for shoegaze’s longevity.



by  John Bergstrom

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Tracklist :

01. Mirrors In Your Eyes

02. But It's So

03. Kite of Love

04. Makes No Sense

05. Sparkle in the Dark

06. I'm So Tired

07. That Sunny Day

08. Shelter

09. Listen

http://www.chromeo.net

http://www.myspace.com/chromeo

Origine du Groupe : Canada , North America

Style : Electro-Disco , Pop

Sortie : 2010

On n’a pas si souvent que ça l’occasion de baisser les vitres de la 309 GTI ,de mettre l’autoradio à fond et de faire cracher le boomer en écoutant un bon vieux disque de dance music. L’occasion
nous en est donnée avec le troisième album de Chromeo  qui se présente, tout simplement, comme le disque le plus fun de la rentrée 2010 !

Composé de deux canadiens, Chromeo joue une musique electro funk disco retro, assez irrésistible, comme a pu l’être en son temps celle des Rythmes Digitales sur l’album Dark dancer, ou encore
l’electro pop régressive et jouissive du moins connus, mais non moins fameux, DMX Krew.

Après un fameux "DJ Kicks" paru en 2009, dans lequel le duo "Dave 1 + Pee Thug" faisait valoir ses références disco 80’s, Chromeo revient dans les mêmes dispositions avec un album produit cette
fois par Zdar, alors que les deux précédentes l’avaient été par Tiga.

Guitares Rock FM, rythmes disco endiablés, synthés vintage, refrains et gimmicks hits des clubs estampillé 1985, le duo s’amuse comme un fou avec les clichés 80 ‘s et persiste dans un genre où il
est passé maitre, à savoir l’art du recyclage toujours à la limite du mauvais gout. Mais justement, leur grande force est de ne jamais sombrer dans le mauvais gout et de toujours trouver le
parfait équilibre pour que leur musique reste parfaitement écoutable et digeste de bout en bout. Résultat on écoutera "Business Casual" en boucle encore pendant une paire de jours.



par Pop Revue Express

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Tracklist :

01. Hot Mess (3:39)

02. I’m Not Contagious (3:39)

03. Night By Night (3:44)

04. Don’t Turn The Lights On (4:33)

05. You Make It Rough (7:19)

06. When The Night Falls (Feat. Solange) (3:31)

07. CDon’t Walk Away (3:30)

08. J’ai Claque La Porte (2:25)

09. The Right Type (3:54)

10. Grow Up (3:01)

http://www.myspace.com/laab

http://www.valiza-tools.com

Origine du Groupe : France

Style : Electro , Glitch , Minimaliste

Sortie : 2010

Infographiste et peintre poursuivant à travers des productions calmes et raffinées un travail de mise en abîme des sens, Laab, que ce soit en live ou dj set, cherche toujours à amener l'auditeur
là il veut : loin. Il débute son travail de composition électronique en 1994. De la techno minimale à l'ambient en passant par l'électro et le break, il poursuit à travers ses productions calmes
et raffinées son travail de mise en abîme des sens souvent teinté d'humour. Exerçant depuis 1994 le métier d'infographiste 3D (voir les Tools de Bernard Stulzaft), peintre apprécié, sa culture
pluridisciplinaire donne à ses travaux une approche réfléchie et résolument moderne. Ses compositions sont construites comme un film avec un important travail de mise en scène, tout s'imbriquant
pour raconter une histoire.

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Tracklist :

01 - Right

02 - Left

03 - Radio Thing

04 - Ambigous

http://www.buffroshi.com

http://www.myspace.com/buffroshi

Origine du Groupe : North America

Style : Trip Hop , Electro , Alternative , Abstract , Experimental

Sortie : 2010

After six years in the making, film composer and founding member of the 80’s band , Vivabeat, Mick Muhlfriedel and experimental guitarist, G.E. Stinson to release album 6/16/10



Buff Roshi’s debut album "Devil You’re a Liar" marks the first release from the new Cephalophone Music label. The album, featuring cover art by celebrated L.A. guerrilla poster artist Robbie
Conal is the product of a long term studio collaboration between film and commercial composer and founding member of Peter Gabriel discovered 80’s band, Vivabeat, Mick Muhlfriedel and extended
technique guitarist G.E. Stinson, a charter member of the world jazz group Shadowfax. Stinson counts Buff Roshi amongst several current band projects he is part of, including Sleepr Wave, Coded
Source, plus numerous collaborations with Nels Cline.



"I began putting together bits of found sounds and random snippets of music that I had been collecting for sometime with some processed beats,” says Muhlfriedel. “I was a big fan of G.E.’s
Splinter Group and sent some of the tracks to him to experiment with. We then worked together on several additional songs. Eventually, I enlisted Renee Wilson, who added some vocals and later,
G.E. brought in the great John Fumo to lay down some trumpet.”



Of the eleven tracks on the album, Buff Roshi includes two covers, a lush chill-out reset of Pink Floyd’s "Set The Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "Dark", a circa 1940's Julie London
b-side featuring vocals by singer-filmmaker Renee Wilson, who appears as Raelette, Pat Lyle, in the Academy Award winning film, Ray.



In 2007 Muhlfriedel circulated a demo of several of the earliest Buff Roshi compositions, which garnered some late night airplay on L.A. hipster station KCRW and resulted in Hong Kong director,
Derek Chang tapping excerpts of two tracks for a Canon Camera commercial campaign. "Buff Roshi somehow manages to infuse layers of cinematic adrenaline with a cool jazz vibe that played well
against the visuals i was going for in the commercials," said Chang.



by Cephalophone Music -- Musical Moods for Moderns

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Tracklist :

01. Blue Days (05:03)

02. Set the Controls For the Heart of the Sun (04:46)

03. Devil You’re A Liar (04:39)

04. It’s Not the End of the World (05:23)

05. Watch As Blast Points Appear (below The Falling Section of Tower) (00:54)

06. Tonight Let’s All Make Love In London (03:46)

07. Flying the French Way (04:03)

08. Dark (05:47)

09. The Hours (00:58)

10. Julie Christie (05:20)

11. This Is How It Goes (05:20)

http://www.degiheugi.com

http://www.myspace.com/degiheugi

Origine du Groupe : France

Style : Abstract Hip Hop , Electro Trip Hop , DJ , Alternative Fusion

Sortie : 2010

Deux ans après l'excellent "The Broken Symphony", l'attente touche à sa fin. Quatrième album de Degiheugi ,"Abstract Symposium" est un album qui se démarque de ses prédécesseurs.



En effet, si le beatmaker s'est fait connaitre grâce une production essentiellement instrumentale, son dernier effort prend à contrepied toute sa démarche. Vous l'aurez compris, l'album est un
disque vocal : une pléiade d'invités, pour 16 pistes à fort caractère.

Pas de panique, si vous avez apprécié les albums précédents, il y a fort à parier que ce disque ravira vos tympans comme à la belle époque. Comprenez par là que, même si le parti pris de mettre
en avant la voix peut s'avérer risqué pour la solidité de la production du sieur, l'équilibre reste préservé. Au programme, cuts, breaks, "triturage et assemblage", qui ont fait sa renommée, le
tout savamment enrichi par les performances vocales des invités.

Ici le changement est intelligent, il opère doucement et vous surprend au moment où on s'y attend le moins, tout en préservant certaines bases immuables qui donnent à cet artiste tout son
intérêt.

Tantôt jazz, puis hip-hop, ou bien folk acoustique, "Abstract Symposium" est l'album de la diversité... Mais peut-il en être autrement avec Degiheugi ?



Point important, le disque n'est pas téléchargeable gratuitement comme les trois précédents. Il vous faudra le commander sur le site de l'artiste, pour recevoir votre joli album au packaging plus
que magnifique. Alors à vos claviers !



PS : Ma sélection personnelle : No escape, Behind the Wall, Chikery Scratch... Comme quoi, trois morceaux diamétralement opposés, et pourtant tellement efficaces.



par Djeh pour http://www.trip-hop.net

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Tracklist :

1. Time for us (ft. Screenatorium)

2. Abstract Symposium part 01 - The Dirty Man

3. Late at Night (ft. Nomad)

4. No Escape (ft. Ghostown)

5. Abstract Symposium part 02 - For Kid Only

6. Mary (ft. Dr Noodle & Thrifty Astronaut)

7. Freedom Ring

8. Laughin' at, with you (ft. Nolto)

9. Work It

10. Behind The Wall (ft. Kalyanka & Ghostown)

11. Keeping Memory Alive (ft. Nolto, Andrre, Astronautalis & Nomad)

12. Abstract Symposium part 03 - The Dirty Man (ft. Ghostown)

13. Obscure Clareté (ft.Skap'1& Dr Noodle)

14. Abstract Symposium part 04 - Train Station

15. Great Self Esteem (ft.Nolto & Nock)

16. Chikery Scratch

http://www.wix.com/naonomusic/naono

http://www.myspace.com/naono

Origine du Groupe : Grèce

Style : Electro , Ambient , Downtempo , Electronica

Sortie : 2010

Durant cet été j’ai écouté régulièrement le soir avant d’aller me coucher cet album de naono et celui de Mosaic Mosaic. Deux albums assez semblables dans l’esprit, avec chez le grec naono
cette facilité à faire sonner les sonorités ambient electronica cristallines de manière que dès les premières notes on se sente tout de suite prendre tout de suite de la hauteur. Les 33 minutes
de cet album passent à une vitesse folle et nous offrent un moment de pur bonheur et surtout un moment de quiétude et de douceur totalement apaisant. Pas étonnant venant d'un netlabel aussi
passionnant que Archaic Horizon (Aeron, Experience. Hold., Electricwest...). 



by Netlabels Revue

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Tracklist :

01 - Healing Process

02 - Hobo the Hermit

03 - Ocean Tapes

04 - Random Lullabies

05 - Sellotape Unicorn

06 - Tender Telescope

07 - Untitled Merrow

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