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Ali Omar’s productions were influenced by his father’s Arabic heritage and originally self-released on CDs, now long out of print. 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With its infectious drum-machine and echo-pedaled guitar jams, Thought Leadership wears its inspiration plainly on its sleeve—on first listen, it’s tempting to dismiss this as the return of \u003cem\u003eThe Return of the Durutti Column\u003c\/em\u003e. But it’s just so GOOD, and every listen reveals more of its individual character \u0026amp; charm. 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Originally released as part of a limited 10-cassette box set from the Helen Scarsdale Agency, the label now commits it to wax for the first time. Grayscale industrial sonics, submerged speech, and less-than-no-wave guitars—none-wave, ANTI-wave—that will appeal to fans of early Sonic Youth, though there are no flowers to be found in this cracked concrete. 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Always, it strikes the perfect balance of pleasure \u0026amp; sophistication, served long with bubbles, plenty of ice, and a twist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=1289784368\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/glossymistakes.bandcamp.com\/album\/lempire-des-sons\"\u003eL'Empire Des Sons by L'Empire des Sons\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Seasonal Work","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42497825865862,"sku":null,"price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/3874\/2150\/files\/L_Empire_Des_Sons_-_L_Empire_Des_Sons.jpg?v=1760205045"},{"product_id":"cortex-cortex","title":"Cortex - Cortex","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCortex\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCortex\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCamisole Records\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrance, 1984\/2025\u003cbr\u003eLP\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eTotally enchanting cryptic netherworlds, originally released on tape in 1984. The kind of post-punk vibe that feel more like post-industrial psychedelia. Cortex was primarily an improvised live project. “The narrator—la récitante—was only illuminated in the face, while the rest of the stage remained in complete darkness...and beside her, Alain Neffe played synthesizer and created sonic effects.” Glad they hit “Record” occasionally.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=660783838\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/camisolerecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/cortex\"\u003eCortex by Cortex\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM THE LABEL:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor the first time on vinyl a collection of tracks by Cortex, Alain Neffe (Bene Gesserit, Insane Music) experimental spoken-word project originally released on tape in 1984.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCortex was never intended to be a conventional musical project. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the very beginning it was centered around free live performances. These encounters were stripped down and highly visual: Alain Neffe constructed a trapezoidal fluorescent white screen lit by black light. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe narrator—la récitante—was only illuminated in the face, while the rest of the stage remained in complete darkness. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis created a ghostly effect where the audience could see only her glowing face and dark silhouette. She was a beautiful young woman, with a striking presence, and beside her, Alain Neffe played synthesizer and created sonic effects.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe aim of Cortex was to deliver a minimalist and emotional experience, one centered on text and the voice of the narrator.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMost of the tracks that exist today were recorded informally during rehearsals, using two microphones placed in front of Marshall amps, captured directly to cassette. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLa récitante could choose a text from a collection of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e hundreds. Then, the music was improvised in real time around her voice. That process, simple, direct, and instinctive produced a body of work that’s rough around the edges, but full of presence. 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Two of those three CD covers find him pensive, cigarette in hand, fitting the intensity of his late-career work. The mood is heavy, with an almost violent delivery on some tunes. Collaborators like cellist Hiromichi Sakamoto and free-jazz sax player player Harutaka Mochizuki lend color to the drama.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM THE LABEL:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-center\"\u003eAn’archives is proud to present Hanabi, a compilation of material from legendary Japanese folk singer, actor and writer, Kazuki Tomokawa. Hanabi draws from Tomokawa’s three most recent albums, Vengeance Bourbon (2014), Gleaming Crayon (2016) and Going To Buy Squid (2024), all released in Japan only on the Modest Launch imprint. Pulling together highlights from these three extraordinary albums, Hanabi collects ten songs of shattering intensity, with Tomokawa performing at an ecstatic peak, a mere six decades into his musical career.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-center\"\u003eTomokawa’s life story is one of change, risk and dedication. He appeared on the Japanese folk music circuit in the early 1970s, performing at such significant events as the legendary 1971 Folk Music Jamboree. Over the second half of the decade, he released five stunning albums that cemented his reputation as an expansive, lyrical singer-songwriter and performer whose music jack-knifed between pensive melancholy and righteous fury. His recorded output slowed in the 1980s as he became immersed in theatre, acting and painting, but his connection with the sainted Japanese label P.S.F. led to a prodigious burst of albums across the 1990s and 2000s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-center\"\u003eSome of those albums had Tomokawa playing alongside free jazz musicians, such as his long-standing collaborator Toshiaki Ishizuka (Brain Police, Vajra, Cinorama), and late double-bass improviser Motoharu Yoshizawa. Some of that spirit can be found amidst the songs on Hanabi, leavened by a more romantic sensibility on a song like “Night Play”, where Tomokawa’s impassioned vocals and guitar swim and bob amongst a drifting string arrangement. The ferocity of “To The Dead Man” is reinforced by a guest appearance, on saxophone, by upcoming free jazz player Harutaka Mochizuki; the two spar with each other while Hiromichi Sakamoto’s cello and electronics swarm under the surface.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-center\"\u003eFor those who’ve missed the three albums that Tomokawa has released across the past fifteen years – understandably so, given the relative impossibility of finding them outside of Japan – Hanabi is a welcome re-introduction to one of Japan’s most significant, poetic and quixotic folk singers and songwriters. As Michel Henritzi notes in his typically perceptive liner notes, capturing the oneiric and unique spirit of Tomokawa’s song, he is nothing less than “a poet who cries out, opening the darkness and shadows with his song, throwing handfuls of ashes from lives that have fled into the wind, to us, his fellow human beings.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-center\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1oMpquNc2bM?si=4_XdqJ8Y-UTK4RLA\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"has-text-align-center\"\u003e\u003ciframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lUv7UbekeCw?si=YEpeCOyOXGHiloYw\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Seasonal Work","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42515384795270,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/3874\/2150\/files\/Kazuki_Tomokawa_Hanabi_LP.jpg?v=1760806288"},{"product_id":"noah-creshevsky-hyperrealist-music-2011-2015-10th-anniversary-edition","title":"Noah Creshevsky - Hyperrealist Music, 2011-2015","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNoah Creshevsky \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eHyperrealist Music, 2011-2015\u003cbr\u003eEM Records\u003cbr\u003eUSA\/Japan, 2025\u003cbr\u003eLP [10th Anniversary Edition]\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eUNREAL. 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Disparate musical clips arranged with remarkable precision, ingenuity, and humor, Creshevsky’s sound world is the closest you can get to hearing an eternal present, the noise made by people across time \u0026amp; cultures swirling together in an impossible now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ciframe style=\"border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;\" src=\"https:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/album=2375003433\/size=large\/bgcol=ffffff\/linkcol=0687f5\/tracklist=false\/artwork=small\/transparent=true\/\" seamless\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/emrecords.bandcamp.com\/album\/hyperrealist-music-2011-2015-10th-anniversary-edition\"\u003eHyperrealist Music, 2011-2015 [10th Anniversary Edition] by Noah Creshevsky ノア・クレシェフスキー\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e--\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFROM THE LABEL: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"tralbumData tralbum-credits\"\u003e\"Hyperrealist Music, 2011-2015\" is a selection of late masterpieces by Noah Creshevsky, a proponent of \"Hyperreal Music,\" which opened a new door to cyber-human music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection, featuring seven pieces from 2011 to 2015, celebrates Noah Creshevsky's 70th year with a fittingly life-affirming and masterful verve. An award-winning composer who has studied with Nadia Boulanger and Luciano Berio, he began composing electronic music in 1971, using the power of circuitry, tape and then digital technology to create a \"hyperreal\" musical world in which recordings of human performers, both vocalists and instrumentalists, are juxtaposed and recombined in compositions which span eras, cultures and genres. His use of expanded musical palettes arises from an aesthetic of inclusion, guided by an open spirit and an expansive musical sense. The combination of the emotional power of human performances with the precision of computers create real-beyond-real super-performances of surprising control and virtuosity, resulting in a hypothetical and yet very real music, full of drama, humor, and tenderness. This album, Creshevsky's second release on EM, following the 2004 \"Tape Music\" compilation, gives ample evidence of both his mastery of digital technology and his profound, empathetic musical instincts. 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