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Official re-issue of DJ Joe Lewis' 1988 Change Reaction EP. Remastered for Clone Classic Cuts.

On this third delivery from AM Records the A-side is reserved for two disco edits by grandmaster Loud-E and new kid on the block Baerlz from Paris. Here's Jonny is a pushy synthetic track build from Claudia Barry's Open the Door and Dis-Le-Mewa is a sweet Bollywood rework, fine-tuned to sound nice on heavy club systems. The flip side contains two more contemporary afro house edits by Afrobot: Kwaito is a subtly pounding percussive South African jam and Angola House Marimba is a fast Kuduro banger with a raw vocal sample. Handstamped artwork by Frank Koedood on the sleeve again.

Music from Memory’s final release of 2016 is an EP of works by a German trio formed in the city of Wuppertal, in the late eighties. A one off and unique project, Becker, Stegmann and Zeumer were asked to produce an album of recorded material after a string of successful concerts celebrating the work of local poet Else Lasker-Schüler (1869–1945).Very much an integral part of the Wuppertal jazz scene in the 1980’s, trumpetist Heinz Becker and Pianist Karl-Heinz Stegmann met the actress Isabel Zeumer when performing at the opening of an event organized by Wuppertal’s cultural department. Following this the three of them were asked put together a programme on Else Lasker-Schüler. A unique figure in her time Jewish poet Lasker-Schüler embraced a bohemian lifestyle and became a leading exponent of Germany’s expressionism and avant-garde poetry movement before fleeing the country in 1937. Becker, Stegmann and Zeumer’s programme would combine readings of Lasker-Schüler’s works with experimental music and imagery. These performances were met with great enthusiasm at the time in Wuppertal and were even televised. Following on from the strong response to the music and performances, the trio were invited to release the material on local label ITM Records.Embracing Lasker’s avant-garde sentiments within their own musical compositions, Becker, Zeumer and Stegmann’s album ‘Ich Träume So Leise Von Dir’ LP blends jazz and electronics to create a wholly unique sound. Embracing and experimenting with elements of Ambient and even New Wave; the four tracks selected here, in particular, seem to take music and spoken word into an entirely unique musical realm.

On the leading edge of NYC’s underground music scene, Vito Ricci produced only a handful of self-­‐released cassettes and one LP between 1983-­‐1985 with most of his work being recorded for experimental theatre and performance art pieces.Taking their label name from Vito Ricci’s only LP, Music From Memory brings together a compilation of works by one of the unsung heroes of New York’s downtown music scene.Starting out as a percussionist, Ricci’s early musical journey led him to improvised and experimental jazz; working alongside such luminary musicians as Rashied Ali, Byard Lancaster, Peter Zummo and Yousef Yancey.Quickly becoming involved in the avant-­‐garde scene with spoken word performances, film scores for independent movies and even playing in punk bands with performances at venues such as CBGB’s and Mudd Club, Vito’s own compositions drew on all of these influences whilst channeling them through his experiments with synthesizers and drum computers.Drawing comparisons with New York’s downtown No-­‐wave scene Vito’s compositions blend his unique use of intricate percussion with a wide sphere of musical influences to create a world of hypnotising ambient, meditative minimal-­‐synth through to dubbed out electronic funk and even left-­‐field boogie. With most of Vito Ricci’s music remaining previously unreleased, Music From Memory’s compilation ‘I Was Crossing A Bridge’ unveils Vito Ricci’s unique and visionary take on electronic music

MAKE BELIEVE DISCO is a very welcome new addition to the SLEAZYBEATS family of labels! Boasting a consistent and unsurpassed catalogue of releases (across their now retired Sleazy Beats and Black Ops offshoot) the label haven't strayed too far away from a winning formula, while ploughing a deeper furrow with Make Believe Disco.The debut release very capably handled by up & coming French producer Folamour.This under-the-radar craftsman has released a handful of lo-slung sample & deep House cuts on various labels, displaying a flair for combining live instrumentation and deft sample manipulation that brought him to the immediate attention of the SB crew.Folamour kicks things off perfectly with a 3 piece of warm, hook heavy deepness that's impossible to resist, drawing as it does on a rich French heritage of Deep House, with some NY roughness and a certain je ne sais quoi aimed squarely at the hips.