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We are very pleased with the new releases of Adventure Time and The Clogs!
Both releases are limited to 500 copies.
Our next release in the Jukebox Series is by Flying Lotus.

The Jukebox ~ a mythical beast of chrome, glass, motors, valves, and vinyl. The Jukebox is at times the life of the party, perhaps later in the evening becoming the instigator of seduction, or consoler of the lonely heart. Drop in a nickel and travel to other times, other dimensions.

You can also get our records at:
USA: www.tonevendor.com www.plugresearch.com www.subpop.com
UK: www.roughtrade.com www.boomkat.com
Japan: www.arch-records.com www.newtone-records.com www.spiral.co.jp/records

After 2004’s stark and original ‘Stick Music’ and a tour co-headlining with indie-darlings The Books, there could be no better time for Clogs to release a new album, particularly one as wondrous as “Lantern”. While they could have gone down a simple path of restructuring familiar ideas, Clogs have instead followed a totally different route. The music on ‘Lantern’ still revolves around a sublime, timeless blend of classical music traditions with folk variations, but gone are the beating-on-instruments stylings of ‘Stick Music’. Bearing more relation to the works of Michael Nyman at times than Reich, ‘Lantern’ is an introspective record, one which travels best on headphones, something so personal you may not want to share it with friends. “Lantern” often comes across like a private performance for one, a quiet triumph, which manages to avoid becoming too self-aware or academic. When the album peaks with the incredible title track ‘Lantern’ it is a test of the wills not to break down, emotional wreck style; a perfect representation of one of the finest acts in the new wave of classical home listening music. 180gram vinyl.

ADVENTURE TIME are here to shake up jukeboxes with their super excitement
sound! After their astonishing aquatic audio LP Dreams of Water Themes on
Plug Research and a string of riveting remixes for the likes of Piano
Overlord and Mia Doi Todd creative beat-chop champions Daedelus (Ninja Tune)
& Frosty (dublab.com) have created an explosion of all out awesomeness for
open ears.
"We All Agree it's Grand" is a perfect afternoon shuffle session sure to
please Gallic Girlies and their psychedelic sidekicks. The buoyant beat
gets bobby socks swinging and bongos bumping. Put this one on while staring
at the Sun and soon the moon will appear.
With the evening sky shining bright flip the wax for "Our Paws Applause."
This invigorating episode is perfect for a night on the town with 10,000 of
your closest pals. Dig the upbeat energy in every moment of this action
packed anthem.
If you're not yet convinced, delay no longer. A listen is all it takes for
adventurous illumination!

Aim Records proudly presents Dntel’s first musical output since 2001. What a beautiful way to celebrate the 10th installment in Aim’s Jukebox 7 inch series.
Those golden trumpets you now hear calling from every “in the know” music corner are singing the praises of Jimmy Tamborello. He first started crafting notes as Dntel in 1994 and since has created some of the most inspired human music ever heard. In 1999 experimental champs Phthalo Records released Dntel’s nascent creations under the umbrella “Early Works For Me If It Works For You.” After scattered gems on lovely labels LA’s open-eared adventurers at Plug Research brought the world Dntel’s “Life is full of Possibilities.” It was this album that created the indie-electronic blueprint that set the world abuzz and caused Dntel to be name-dropped on every hipster lip this side of tomorrow.

Jimmy then vaulted into the highest reaches of the stratosphere with Postal Service, his wildly successful collaboration with Death Cab for Cutie’s Ben Gibbard. Their album “Give Up” on Sub Pop has far surpassed the gold sales status and continues to grow.
Now, let’s travel back to the future. On this Aim Jukebox 7 inch Dntel shares some of his most beautiful sounds ever. He dives further into electronic tones to tug heartstrings and make sad boomboxes bling. Jimmy is joined by the magic voice of Mia Doi Todd and the glowing guitar art of Paul Larson. These frequently collaborators combine talents to perfectly conjure the melancholy wonder of Dntel’s world. Please join in.

Nobody is the 27-year old somebody named Elvin Estela. He is an LA vinyl junkie hypnotized by analog waves and creates albums mirroring phases of his stereo obsessions. His first two albums on Ubiquity Records ‘Soulmates’ & ‘Pacific Drift’ were a hip-hop/cosmic jazz statement springing from early studio days and back alley freestyle sessions. Elvin Estela is also part of Savath & Savalas (Prefuse 73). The two tracks Nobody made for Aim-records are two psychedelic hip-hop tracks called ‘Tilijem’s Castle’ & ‘Tilijem’s Forest’. Both are instrumentals.

Andrew Pekler made 4 exclusive tracks for the Aim Jukebox Series. All tracks are 4 fictious B-Movies themes. Everything remains in place, preserved in wax, hidden, but not gone, just like the subconscious. Should we call this electronica? Or jazz, after all?

Camping is German Bossanova recorded in Washington DC. Is it an oddity? Yes, a delicious mutant engineered to startle ears and electrify curiosities.
The shining spirit behind Camping is German star Henning Fritzenwalder. His voice flows with the lyrical coo of Bossanova father Joao Gilberto. Language barriers crumble as melodies rise. Vocals soar with understated sophistication evoking warm breezes.

Hit Me! is a new tounge-in-cheek faux imprint which will be employed sporadically for the “hits” from yesteryears of Low Res, specially selected and remixed and/or re-edited/remastered by the artist as appropriate for the 45 RPM jukebox format.
On this first “golden oldies” issue we find on the A-side Kilter, from the first Low Res album Approximate Love Boat. Outer space funk with a heavy rhythm over which assymetrical melodies and rhythms form a strangely coherent harmonic image. To improve on sound of the original recording, and to optimize it for the jukebox medium, all of the original elements were located and remixed by the artist specially for this release. Many elements which were masked in the original now come startlingly to life in this entertaining slice of gutbucket space music, originally recorded in 1997
The B-side, originally made in 1994, is called Reflective Blackdebris, and represents a gentler, spacier and more african-inflected approach to the funk, although aside from conga there isn’t a single recognizable musical instrument used in this all-synthetic recording! Nonetheless, you will rock (mentally)! It’s been re-edited and re-mastered from superior sources to the original release on the very rare Low Res Thorn EP.

‘Pique represents a completely new, and yet natural departure for Low Res, from the mainly jazz-oriented sounds of singles 1 – 4. ‘Pique is a faux-label imprint designed especially for these new experimental interpretations, which pay tribute to the Ethiopian sounds of Mulatu Astatke, Mahmoud Ahmed and other artists heard in the ongoing Ethiopiques series coming out on the “L’Arome production” label. As usual, Low Res subjectively bends the rules of the genre (actively continuing the practice he calls “mistaken interpretation”), but at the same time evokes an eerily authentic vibe and texture. These new tracks also represent a big jump up in the energy level of the series. Congas on the B-side are by Najite. All new tracks, all instruments except congas on The Looker (played by Najite), by Low Res.

This fourth release in the Jukebox Series is by far the happiest and most uptempo to date! Caravan is a classic Duke Ellington composition which has been recorded countless artists over the years. Knocked out by a solo trombone rendition of Phil Ranelin (reknowned for his 70’s output on the Tribe label recently reissued by Hefty) at a Los Angeles nightclub, Low Res was inspired to record a version for the Jukebox. Not only are we lucky enough to have Phil Ranelin himself present on this new single, but Low Res also recruited the Nigerian afrobeat sensation Najite to lay on some ten layers of his signature percussion, including bembe, shekere, ogenne, djembe, conga, etc. The result is a powerful and seductive Caravan capped off by Low Res’ own orchestrations for rhythm section, horns, and piano.

This third release in the Jukebox Series is a wistful trip back in time! Blue Ramen #1 is an unprecedented track for Low Res in that it features a vocalist and is a straightforward early-fifties style torch ballad with a samba feel. It seems incredible that such an innocent-sounding recording could be produced in this 21st century, but guest singer Kazumi and Low Res deliver an authentic taste of the sort of smoldering heartbreak number so beloved by the public in those days. Of course, the fact that it was not recorded by innocents in a radio studio in 1953 might normally make the whole experience feel slightly disconcerting, but a quirky arrangement featuring flamboyant harp passages, Hammond organ (which also provides the tick-tocky samba rhythm), mandolins, funeral bell, and timpani makes this tragi-comic tale of lonely bowls of noodles good fun at mealtime or anytime. Enjoy this one (which is exclusive to the Jukebox Series) before they name a chain of restaurants after it!

Dirty Lament is a totally new song …. From 1948!? A puzzling melange of retro instrumentation, such as very early electronic instruments, surface noise, and low resolution electric piano, Dirty Lament is another Low Res miniature composition of sublety and understated emotion. It could easily be played by an acoustic ensemble, but gets a haunting electronic treatment for this exclusive 7” release. Veneer is from the Blue Ramen lp, and is specially remastered for this single. It’s schizophrenic mood swings from paranoia and pain to perfect equanimity are beautifully resolved in the newer Dirty Lament.

Chalky’s Back With Knife is a totally new song featuring Low Res doing his full-band emulation thing with more dirty burlesque after-hours noire vibe than ever before. This is music which starts out low key but soon evolves into a bump-and-grind frenzy for horns, organs and women who love to dance on tables! Chalky, from the Blue Ramen LP, has been remastered for jukebox play, and its greasy crime-jazz-on-lithium energy will serve to seduce.

Low Res has pulled off the impossible (again), capturing the vibrance and immediacy of improvisationally-composed music as played by an amazing ensemble, but without the benefit of players, instruments, or microphones.Low Res imagined an ensemble, perhaps a time and place, and most certainly a music. Then, in an unprecedented achievement, he rendered all of this within the walls of a common electonic music studio. Unbound to reality, this imagined ensemble accelerates and tumbles into unknown realms of post-human music-making, and in the process stakes a claim as the best (ok,the only) non-existent composer's orchestra working in 2002! In terms of mood, Blue Ramen ranges from the exuberant Heliotropic 5, Baila Mami and Blue Ramen 2, to the low key and bluesey Chalky, the cinematic Shaftasia, the raging Flatley 'E', and the bemusedly-tragic Veneer, with colorful stops along each step of this nine track journey. Stylistically, we hear echoes of jazz, 'blaxploitation' soundtracks, nuyorican salsa, bawdy stripper music, free jazz, and lots of bits which can best be described simply as Low Res moments.