Category Archives: outside of rock

#693

September 23, 2025

A Gulls Window Circus outside of rock show, with dubby disco edits and jazzy beats. Tracks that want you to fall into them and ride them to wherever they take you. I love doing shows like this, and I think that no matter your usual go-to genre, you will love this show if you listen with your true ears.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Ian Ossia	Papa Stoned (Ian Ossia Rework)	A&R Edits – AND012	A&R Edits
Al Kent	Sweeten My Coffee	Sweeten My Coffee	M.D.D. Gold
Idjut Boys Feat. Dolla Man	Yaggo Yao (Emperor Machine Extended Version)	Yagga Yao	Bite The Day
The Village Fools	Effin ‘n Geoffin	ST01	Spacetalk
Turbotito	Time Starts Moving Slow	Too Slow To Disco Neo Presents Sunset 2	How Do You Are?
Mudd	Mahalo (12″ Instrumental Mix)	Mahalo	Claremont 56
Princess Erika	Trop De Bla Bla (Dub Version)	Archipelago (Cosmic Fusion Gems from France) (1978-1988)	Isle Of Jura
Palace Pasador	Susanna’s Side Eyes	Footprint Affair	Phantom Island

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Linkwood	No Easy	Linkwood Edits	Moton Records Inc.
Loose Joints	Tell You (Today) (New Shoes) (Parts I & II)	Tell You (Today) (Dimitri From Paris Special Version)	DFP Vaults
Fabrithia	I Want You (Strumentale)	Night City Life II	Spacetalk Records
Nad	Das Wordy	DB12 017	Duca Bianco
Jean-Louis Murat	Te Garder Près De Moi (Dream Remix)	Rotation Sound System – Everything You’re About To Hear Is True Vol. 1	Leng
Coyote	Crossfire	Crossfire	Magic Wand
Intrallazzi & Piana	Saocraffen	99% Stories EP	Leng
Smokin’ The Jazz	Just A Lil’ Lovin’	Gypsy Woman	Mukatsuku Records
Mind Over Mirrors	Emblem	Near Your Dwelling	Dirty Knobby

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August 19, 2025

A Gulls window Circus outside of rock vinyl show. Both LP tracks and 12″ singles are played. Dubbed out sounds mingle with experimental electronic and African sounds, with artists from all over the world contributing. I hope you plunge in and let this show wash over you.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Kyoto Jazz Massive	Eternal Tide	Astral Ascension	Mukatsuku Records
N Kramer & Magnus Bang Olsen	Descend	Pastoral Blend	Music From Memory
Unknown Artist	Untitled	LSD046	Light Sounds Dark
Jonny Nash	Blue Dragonfly	Once Was Ours Forever	Melody As Truth
Francis Bebey	Agatha (Voilaaa Remix)	The Africa Seven Edits	A7 Edits
Tamten	Sztuka Znikania (Album Version)	Wschodnia Fala	The Very Polish Cut-Outs
Floating Points	Ocotillo	Cascade	Ninja Tune
Unknown Artist	Untitled	A Mineral Compound Fountain Of Youth	Light Sounds Dark
Martin Hannett & Steve Hopkins	Space Music	Jon Savage’s Space : Light Years From Home	Caroline True Records
Francis Bebey	Asma (Alternative Tape Version)	Trésor Magnétique	Africa Seven

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Dimitri From Paris Vs. Chatobaron X Idjut Boys	Chez Madame La Baronne (Le Fouet Version)	Chez Madame La Baronne (Unreleased Versions)	Bite The Day
Modern Living	Snow Bird	Ambient Classics From Japan	Mukatsuku Records
Natalie Ann	You’ve Got To Feel	Night City Life II	Spacetalk Records
Kristina May	Slow Down. You are Missing Out	ST01	Spacetalk Records
Cécilia Angeles	Climax (Our First Day Of Love/It’s A Love Day)	Archipelago (Cosmic Fusion Gems from France) (1978-1988)	Isle Of Jura
Palace Pasador	Footprint Affair (Dub)	Footprint Affair	Phantom Island
Linkwood	Brekkers	Linkwood Edits	Moton Records Inc.
Nicholas Cangiano	Falling Behind	The Sunset Manifesto (Too Slow To Disco Neo) (Volume 2)	How Do You Are?
Nad	Histoire De Cul	DB12 017	Duca Bianco

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April 22, 2025

The second week of ‘outside of rock’ (electronic) on Gulls Window Circus. After enjoying last week’s sounds, the tracks in this show came to mind and they configured themselves almost on their own. Some of the artists are quite new [Liminal, Vermelho Wonder, Jura Soundsystem, Harri Pierson], Obscure Desire are not new but are re-discovered on a label I love, and some are 10 years or older and just plain worth surfacing again [Jonny Teardrop, Lnrdcroy, Rouge Mécanique, Linkwood, 6th Borough Project, Matmos, Squarepusher, Mushrooms Project].

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Jonny Teardrop	Eden Rebel	No Problemo	Rouge Mécanique Musique
Liminal	Keep Coming Back To Me	Keep Coming Back	Leng
Vermelho Wonder	Se Você	Se Você	Isle Of Jura
Lnrdcroy	Telegraph My Love	Much Less Normal	Firecracker Recordings
Rouge Mécanique	Paradigm	Paradigm	Rouge Mécanique Musique
Jura Soundsystem	Carafe Denim (Quiet Village Remix)	Remix Special	Temples Of Jura
Linkwood	Love Lost (Musephased By Area)	Expressions Remixes Pt 2	Firecracker Recordings

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Obscure Desire	Obscure Desire (Extended Mix)	Obscure Desire	Emotional Rescue
6th Borough Project	Through The Night	Borough 2 Borough	Delusions Of Grandeur
Matmos	Sun On 5 At 152	The West	Vague Terrain
Squarepusher	Rat/P’s And Q’s	Hard Normal Daddy	Warp Records
Squarepusher	Rebus	Hard Normal Daddy	Warp Records
Mushrooms Project	Rio Disco 84 (Original Mix)	Rio Disco	Hell Yeah Recordings
Romain Azzaro Presents Colours Of Now	Solstice D’hiver	Colours Of Now	Rouge Mécanique Musique
Harri Pierson	The Most Balearic Record In The World	The Most Balearic Record In The World	Duca Bianco

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April 15, 2025

An ‘outside of rock’ (electronic) Gulls Window Circus show that seeks to penetrate your mind as you absorb subtle shifts in these (sometimes) long tracks. I find myself listening tracks like Theo Parrish or Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, J. Peter Schwalm thinking it is just repetition, than realizing I am in a different place than I started and am bopping to the track. Many of the tracks are not so subtle or profound – they are just solid tracks that work together to propel you to a semi-relaxed mode. I know this sounds like a bunch of contradictions, but give me your trust and sail beside me for these 2 hours.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Vakula	The Canyon Road	Dedicated To Jim Morrison	Leleka
O Yuki Conjugate	A Darker Belief	Peyote	B.F.E Records
Naphta	Endurance	Naphta and The Shamans	Astigmatic Records
Khidja	Pinnacles	Impossible Holiday	Hivern Discs
Floating Points	Lucerne Valley	Reflections – Mojave Desert	Pluto
Theo Parrish	Black Mist (Extended Version)	Hand Made	Running Back
Nite-Funk	Can U Read Me?	Believer (Fingers Deep-Funk Remix) / Can U Read Me?	!K7 Records
Das Komplex	Universe	Universe	Step
Andrés	Truth Serum	Andrés IV	Mahogani Music
Nala Sinephro	Space 5	Space 1.8	Warp Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Auntie Flo	The Soniferous Garden	The Soniferous Garden	Sofrito Super Singles
Chloé	The Dawn (Original Mix)	Endless Revisions	Lumière Noire
Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra	Substream (Unreleased Instrumental Version)	Substream	Mukatsuku Records
Brian Eno, Holger Czukay, J. Peter Schwalm	Sushi	Sushi. Roti. Reibekuchen	Grönland Records
D.D. Mirage	So Hot (Jura Soundsystem Dub Mix)	Feel It / So Hot	Isle Of Jura

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March 4, 25, 2025

The ninth and final show in the Gulls Window Circus 7″ series covers singles ‘outside of rock’. That is an open-ended descriptor for records that may have rock elements, but live more comfortably in other genres. For example, we have Holger Czukay (Can) in a 2011 7″ as Bison, a balearic act (as is Torn Sail). The Babalooneys would be most appropriately filed under ‘surf’. Arab Strap have been a rock duo positively, but their current sound pushes beyond. Marcel Bontempi is a contemporary artist with an identifiable 50s sound, in today’s show doing a cover of The Sonics. Dengue Dengue Dengue are a Peruvian duo, today doing a cover of a track from Giuliano Sorgini’s ‘Africa Oscura’ LP. That is just a handful – every track deserves a plug, and if I wrote this again, I may have highlighted an entirely different few of the records.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Addict Ameba	Caosmosi	Caosmosi	Mukatsuku Records
Marcia Maria	Oh! Man	Sonia Santos / Marcia Maria split single	Mr Bongo
Carlos Sodré	Ciumeira	Ciumeira	Mr Bongo
Renata Lú	Sambaloo	Faz Tanto Tempo	Mr Bongo
Lady Lee	Simple Things	Billy Butler & Infinity / Lady Lee split single	Mr Bongo
Bebeto	Mais Loucos (Vibes4YourSoul “Bozo” Rework)	TSTD Edits 05	How Do You Are?
Vibes4YourSoul	Confusão	TSTD Edits 08 (Tudo Azul EP)	How Do You Are?
Captain Torkive	Krypto	Moton Records Inc Limited Edition Box Set	Moton Records Inc.
Bison	Mandy	Mandy	Claremont 56
Torn Sail	Treasure (Part 1) (Instrumental)	Treasure	Claremont 56
Elaine Kibaro	Fajrann	Fajrann	Emotional Rescue
Politrio	Psycho Killer (Double Wave Edit)	Psycho Killer	Emotional Rescue
Jaki Whitren & John Cartwright	This Time	That Will Be That	Emotional Rescue

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Jpye & Renato	Cosa Ti Va?	Cosa Ti Va?	Claremont 56
Silver Leaf	Hey!	Hey!	Emotional Rescue
Dislocation Dance	Mr Zak (Demo)	Midnight Shift Demos	Emotional Rescue
Michael James Pollard	Surrender	Too Confusing	Emotional Rescue
The Wally Brothers	The Man Who Sold The World	The Man Who Sold The World	Jamwax
Arab Strap	Aphelion	Aphelion	Rock Action Records
Annamária & Její Kapela	Řeka (Liquid Spirit)	Řeka (Liquid Spirit)	Memory Records Prague
Melody Beecher	Careful Whisper (Dub Version)	Careless Whisper	Isle Of Jura
Don Blackman	Say You’ll Be Mine	Say You’ll Be Mine	Mr Bongo
The Babalooneys	False Start	Winternationals	Hi-Tide Recordings
Marcel Bontempi	The Witch	The Witch	Twi-Lite Records
Dengue Dengue Dengue	Oasi Nella Giungla	Dengue Dengue Dengue / Giuliano Sorgini split single	2023
Goblin	L’Alba Dei Morti Viventi (Alternate Take)	L’Alba Dei Morti Viventi (Alternate Take)	Cinevox Record
Jaromír Löffler & Jeho Kapela	Lásko, Lásko, Lásko (I’d Rather Go Blind)	Lásko, Lásko, Lásko (I’d Rather Go Blind)	Memory Records Prague

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December 10, 2024

A non-rock Gulls Window Circus show that features five recent 12″s [Mudd, Judy And Lynda, Marshall Watson & Cole Odin, Casinoboy, Kaoru Inoue], compilations [Machagistia, Fantastic Voyage, Milagros Del Ritmo II, Extra Muros : Czech Republic, Do You Have The Force? Vol 2, Cosmic Disco Machine Volume Eight, Virtual Dreams II], soundtracks [Three O’Clock High], album reissues [Fridge, Travis Biggs] and new LPs [OMD]. The second hour closes with a track from an LP I doubt you will hear anywhere else: Lou Reed’s ‘Hudson River Wind Meditations’. The record is as divisive as Metal Machine Music was, playing as an ambient extreme.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Mudd	Spielplatz (Quiet Village Instrumental Mix)	Spielplatz	Claremont 56
Judy And Lynda	Baltimore	Baltimore	Isle Of Jura
Marshall Watson & Cole Odin	Voyager (Original Mix)	Voyager	Leng
Casinoboy	This Feeling	DB12 014	Duca Bianco
Kaoru Inoue	Hoshifuru Drums	Rhythms of Dedication	Deep Ground Records
Machagistia	D1	Machagistia	Light Sounds Dark
Sonic Weapon / Koolmfl	Lone Ranger	Snaker 012	Snaker
Fridge	Drums Bass Sonics And Edit	Happiness	Temporary Residence Limited

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Daryl Hall	The Farther Away I Am	Fantastic Voyage (New Sounds For The European Canon 1977 – 1981)	Ace
Civil	Sombras Na Calçada (Def Dub Mix)	Milagros Del Ritmo II – Obscure And Rhythmic Tunes from 1988-1993	Harmonie Exotic
rlung, Timmi	Dew on the Desert	Extra Muros : Czech Republic	FLEE
I Signori Della Galassia	Archeopterix	Do You Have The Force? (Jon Savage’s Alternate History Of Electronica 1978-82 Vol 2)	Caroline True Records
OMD	G.E.M. – Instrumental	Bauhaus Staircase Instrumentals	100% Records
Sylvester Levay	Jerry’s Decisions	Three O’Clock High (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Varèse Sarabande
Travis Biggs	Autumn Jewel	Solar Funk	Demon Records
The Pool	Jamaica Running	Cosmic Disco Machine Volume Eight	Cosmic Disco Machine Records
Dub Squad	Blown Fruit	Virtual Dreams II (Ambient Explorations In The House & Techno Age, Japan 1993-1999)	Music From Memory
Lou Reed	Find Your Note	Hudson River Wind Meditations	Light In The Attic

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November 19, 2024

A non-rock Gulls Window Circus show that has cosmic chill masters of beach and space, with key players like Edgar Froese, Julia Holter, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto, RAH Band, Kaoru Inoue and Ultravox, doing a musical tug of war with lesser-knowns both old and new. Old: 2 Cabbages on a Drip, Steve Hiett, James Asher, Leslie Winer. New: Violet Nox, Alexander Melzak, Melting Steine, Todd Russell & The Dangerous Coats, Dead Sound, Mudd, Intersection On The Point Of Parallel Vol. II. The winner? The listener that just plants themselves somewhere safe and experiences this special show.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Julia Holter	Bus Ride Home	Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)	Real Gone Music
Violet Nox	OneSixty	Hesperia	Somewherecold Records
2 Cabbages on a Drip	Calm	Jon Savage’s Ambient 90s	Caroline True Records
Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto	The Revenant Main Theme (Alva Noto Remodel)	Ryuichi Sakamoto Curated By Iñárritu – Travesía	Milan
Alexander Melzak	ナツ子、最初の追跡	Substrates	Light Sounds Dark
Melting Steine	Universal Crush	Universal Crush	Phantom Island
Emperor Machine	Wanna Pop With You (Hardway Bros Dub)	Remixes	Leng
Steve Hiett	Shadows Across The Path	Girls In The Grass	Efficient Space
Todd Russell & The Dangerous Coats	Playa Larga	Playa Larga	Be With Records
Dead Sound	Eye In Disguise	Into The Void	Music From Memory

Artist	Song	Release	Label
RAH Band	Clouds Across The Moon (Supanova Mix)	Producers Choice	Atjazz Record Company
Edgar Froese	Aqua	Aqua	Culture Factory
James Asher	Telecom	Tomorrow’s Fashions (Library Electronica 1972-1987)	Ace
Kaoru Inoue	Hoshifuru	Dedicated To The Island -soundwalk & Music For Saunter Magazine	Deep Ground Records
Intersection On The Point Of Parallel Vol. II	A2	Intersection On The Point Of Parallel Vol. II	Light Sounds Dark
Ultravox	Man Of Two Worlds (Steven Wilson 12″ Re-mix)	Lament [Steven Wilson 12″ Re-Mixes]	Chrysalis Catalogue
Leslie Winer	He Was	When I Hit You – You’ll Feel It	Light In The Attic
Mudd	Eighty Three (Uppity Dub)	Eighty Three	Claremont 56

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October 1, 2024

Genre gumbo stirs this non-rock show, even as one of the artists (Eddie Hazel) is tagged as Psychedelic Rock on discogs. Funk/Soul, World, Jazz-Funk, and Latin Jazz seem to describe most of the artists, but you will hear Reggae. Boogaloo and African sounds and even some prog touches. It is a nice crop, and all of it feels like it belongs together.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Ronnie Lion	Peace Chalice	Spanish Town	Isle Of Jura
Zani Diabate Et Le Super Djata Band Du Mali	Mougoutigui	Vol. 2	Numero Group
Blue Sharks	In A Classical Mood	It Became Crystal	Edizioni Musicali Redi
Total Blue	Chaparral	Total Blue	Music From Memory
Koolmfl, Sonic Weapon	Just The Three Dog Night (2+1)	Snaker 012	Snaker
Arthur Verocai	Sylvia	Arthur Verocai	Mr Bongo
Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers	Medley Superfly/Pusherman/Freddie’s Dead	Super Freak	Ubiquity
Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa ’70	Open & Close	Open & Close	Knitting Factory Records

Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Wild Tchoupitoulas	Indian Red	The Wild Tchoupitoulas	Jackpot Records
Ayalew Mesfin	Ekul Teramedu (Walk As One)	Good Aderegechegn (Blindsided By Love)	Now-Again Records
Tru Tones	Song Of Love	Power Struggle	Not Dark Yet
Blood, Sweat And Tears	Sometimes In Winter (Live)	What The Hell Happened To Blood, Sweat & Tears ? – Original Soundtrack	Omnivore Recordings
Lewis Taylor	You Got Me Thinking	The Damn Rest	Be With Records
Bootsy’s Rubber Band	Physical Love	Stretchin’ Out In Bootsy’s Rubber Band	Music On Vinyl
Eddie Hazel	I Want You (She’s So Heavy)	Game, Dames And Guitar Thangs	Real Gone Music
Echoes Of A New Dawn Orchestra	Substream	Substream	Mukatsuku Records
Terrance T	Power (Extended Vocal)	Power	Isle Of Jura

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September 10, 2024

A non-rock Gulls Window Circus show that has some electro/beats, some reggae, afrobeat, funk, library music, post-punk and krautrock. The Rootsman track has sure been running through my head all week, as have the Jan Wobble and Earwig tracks. I think the flow from one sound to another goes really well and that you will find much here to love.

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
DJ Raffa and DJ Leandronik	Tecnology (Tecno Mix)	Milagros Del Ritmo II – Obscure And Rhythmic Tunes from 1988-1993	Harmonie Exotic
King Sporty & Der Mer	Fall Out (NAD Discomix)	Fall Out	Emotional Rescue
Jerry Brown	Dreadlock Lady	Dreadlock Lady	Shella Records
Rootsman	Wild Goose Chase (Nick The Record & Dan Tyler Re-Edit Extended & Dubbed)	Wild Goose Chase	Lovetime Guarantee
Jah Wobble and Julie Campbell	Tightrope	Redux (Anthology \| 1981 – 2015)	Cherry Red
Dave Lombardo	Warpath	Rites Of Percussion	Ipecac Recordings
Exo Fender	Music In My Mind (Justin Van Der Volgen Edit)	Music In My Mind	Emotional Rescue
Tower Of Power	Get Yo’ Feet Back On The Ground	Tower Of Power	Music On Vinyl

Artist	Song	Release	Label
Gyedu-Blay Ambolley	I Get Myself To Blame (Instrumental Version)	Walk For Ground	Mukatsuku Records
Fela Ransome-Kuti And The Africa ’70 With Ginger Baker	Ye Ye De Smell	Live!	Knitting Factory Records
Southern Energy Ensemble	Energy	Southern Energy	Strut
Plastic Ivy	Ode: In Advance of Loss	Spots of Time	Kraftjerkz
Gerhard Heinz	The Killing Of Maria Gonzales	Library Music	Private Records
Simple Minds	Theme For Great Cities	Fantastic Voyage (New Sounds For The European Canon 1977 – 1981)	Ace
Earwig	Every Day Shines (D Mix)	In The Light Of Time (UK Post-Rock & Leftfield Pop 1992-1998)	Ace
Cluster	Rote Riki	Zuckerzeit	Bureau B

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September 3, 2024

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Artist	Song	Release	Label
Tim Koh & Sun An	Salt And Sugar Look The Same	Salt And Sugar Look The Same	Music From Memory
Contours	Elevation 2	Elevations	Music From Memory
Neumayer Station	Bassrutscher	Claremont Editions Four	Claremont 56
Gaussian Curve	Fever Dream	Winter Sun	Music From Memory
Kaoru Inoue	Nagareru	Dedicated To The Island -soundwalk & Music For Saunter Magazine	Deep Ground Records
Paul Hart	Prospect	Tomorrow’s Fashions (Library Electronica 1972-1987)	Ace
Mudd	Late In March	In The Garden Of Mindfulness	Claremont 56
Debbie Harry	Now I Know You Know	KooKoo	Chrysalis Catalogue
Holger Czukay	Ode To Perfume (London Live 2009)	Claremont 56 Versions	Claremont 56
Nikolaienko	Sacrifice II (Curse Of Snakes Valley)	Nostalgia Por Mesozoica	Muscut

Artist	Song	Release	Label
The Emperor Machine	Island Boogie	Island Boogie	Leng
Marina Herlop	Abans Abans	Pripyat	Pan
Gaz Nevada	I.C. Love Affair (Original 12″ Mix)	Do You Have The Force? (Jon Savage’s Alternate History Of Electronica 1978-82 Vol 2)	Caroline True Records
Stephan Mathieu, David Sylvian	Telegraphed Mistakes	Wandermüde	Grönland Records
Andriy Kostyukov, Timmi	Pettels	Extra Muros : Czech Republic	FLEE
Odopt	Antimilitarist	Snaker 011	Snaker
Panoram	Toluka Lake View	Everyone Is A Door	Firecracker Recordings
Soul Supreme	Summertime On Mars	Soul Supreme	Soul Supreme Records
Leslie Winer	Tree	When I Hit You – You’ll Feel It	Light In The Attic
Romain Azzaro	Vvoid (feat. Myako)	La Vita Non E Un Film	Rotary Phono Lab