Various
Mailbox Vol. 1

180g vinyl, including two posters and 4 inserts with extensive liner notes by Ken Hidaka & Naohiro Ukawa (in Japanese and in English).A Solid compilation of exclusive new music on the freshly formed 'Advanced Public Listening Records', Japan.Advanced Public Listening Records is the new Japanese label established by Miho Mepo, a veteran of the Berlin music scene for the past 20 years. After recently coming back to Japan, she decided to start this new, highly conceptual label that symbolizes her unconventional musical vision, experience and network that she accrued while living in Europe. As she has stated, “This is my dedication to the musicians and music lovers everywhere. What the world needs now is pure energy and the essence of real music. Through our label, we strive to share with all, true music created out of miracles and magical moments. I have no doubt that these refined musical vibes will help us grasp the universal nature of true understanding and hopefully assist us in realizing that music has the ability to make us free.” To help launch it, Advanced Public Listening Records is proud to announce the release this compilation, "On in out""On in out" assembles an incredible array of legendary figures in the electronic music world from different genres and categories whose sonic imprints has dazzled us innumerable times. She asked each artist to create original pieces that epitomized her axiom of “no rules, no ego, no pride but pure essence of real music”. She also wanted them to produce music that “touches one's heart, shake our souls, make us feel emotions that we never knew we thought that we had deep inside.”

Anono Tapes est l'aboutissement de trois années de convergence entre les trois collectifs Maquis Electroniq de Abidjan, Blanc Manioc de Lyon et Furie de Lyon et Sao Paulo. Trois villes et autant de ponts, d'utopies et de rencontres. une aventure mouvementée à taille humaine qui prend sa source dans le festival Maquis Electroniq à Abidjan, ses block party, des soirées en plein air et l'ivresse de la nuit. Nouvelle scène émergente, incubateur à huile rouge, on parle là AfroHouse 3.0, Amapiano, afro-tech et hard drum cuit dans la sauce « gnangnan ».On brasse tout le collectif de Babi (le petit surnom de la capitale culturelle de Côte D'ivoire) Sly A 10 le batteur chanteur, qui ramene du chant Zouglou, ses rythmiques coupé décalé ou tapage qui rappelle le grand beatmaker Dj Bocolini, et signe le deuxième single « Route to Bassam ». La mystérieuse SAAN crie sa rage, hymne contestataire, qui appelle tous les quartiers, façon « Abidjan City Breakers » , « Anoumanbo, Abobo, Yopougon » sur un beat « hard drum », c'est 100% dansant et ce sera le single et le clip de l'album.Un album de musique électronique intemporelle et résolument dancefloor, qui sera fêté comme il se doit à plusieurs reprises : Premier week-end de festivité du 15 au 18 Juin !"ANONO TAPES is the result of three years of convergence between the three collectives Maquis Electroniq from Abidjan, Blanc Manioc from Lyon and Furie from Lyon and Sao Paulo. Three cities and as many bridges, utopias and encounters. A hectic adventure on a human scale that takes its source in the Maquis Electroniq festival in Abidjan, its block parties, open-air parties and the night life ravers. New emerging scene, red oil incubator, we speak there AfroHouse 3.0, Amapiano, afro- tech and hard drum cooked in the sauce "gnangnan".