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Warpmart Update November 2003 Warpmart is the online shop from Warp Records. This email contains information about some of what has been going on in November 2003. You can visit the shop at www.warprecords.com/mart and www.warpmart.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1. New Releases and labels in Warpmart : SCAPE, KOMPAKT, GHOSTLY, CLONE, TIGERBEAT6, SONIG 2. Promotions and offers : SPECIAL WARP PACKS, DM and JEMINI offer, BASIC FLANNEL OFFER 3. Other news : NEW WARPMART COMPETITION - WIN WARPMART MUSIC :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 1. New Releases and Labels in Warpmart The new releases section of Warpmart, located on the menu bar on the front page of Warpmart at www.warprecords.com/mart is now updated every Friday with new releases and news of restocks and recent archive discoveries. Here are the last few updates in brief. 28.11.03 : CHRIS CUNNINGHAM DVD, NEW DANCEHALL STOCK, SONIC TERROR, ARCOLA, REPHLEX Palm Pictures have finally released the Chris Cunningham DVD, part of their Director’s Label Series that includes Michel Gondry and Spike Jonze. A complete roundup of all his work, it featuring all the classic videos for Warp (Aphex Twin, Autechre and Squarepusher) plus loads more for Bjork, Portishead and others and excerpts from “Flex”. This release is not to be missed! THE WORK OF CHRIS CUNNINGHAM www.warprecords.com/?mart=PALM2 Watch trailers : www.directorslabel.com - - - - - - - You might not necessarily see yourself as a potential dancehall star throwing out the latest dance moves in a sweaty Kingston nightclub, but no reason to turn a blind eye to this oft-overlooked genre, especially when the cream of today’s electronic luminaries (Aphex, Luke Vibert, Rephlex, Venetian Snares, Soundmurderer, Shadetek and the list goes on) are currently mining it to great effect. High time to check out some of the releases below, or to browse under DANCEHALL to find more in Warpmart. Don’t forget the dancehall competition we just launched too, more details below. 12" Featuring remixes of Elephant Man and Capelton (inc wicked Dr Dre crossover mix) www.warprecords.com/?mart=BS001 TOK 'FIRE' on the new DREAMWEAVER rhythm www.warprecords.com/?mart=FF002 Vybez Cartel 'Up 2 Di Time' album www.warprecords.com/?mart=GREL275 Prince Jammy 'Computerised Dub' classic album back in stock! www.warprecords.com/?mart=GREL513 Dancehall Accapellas www.warprecords.com/?mart=RAC001 - - - - - - - - REPHLEX have kicked up a real storm in 2003, and their latest coup is a collaboration with the BBC. This collection of music from the Radiophonic Workshop will cause you to splutter with delight and amazement, much as the original listeners of Radio Nottingham must have done when they first heard the odd noodlings of John Baker before the weather report. Essential purchase, especially given it’s limited pressing, and lush 4 x 10” format. Music From the BBC Radiophonic Workshop www.warprecords.com/?mart=CAT147 Rephlexions Compilation 2003 (exclusive AFX and Amen Andrews/Luke Vibert!) www.warprecords.com/?mart=CAT1000 - - - - - - - - You may or may not have heard of SONIC TERROR but these folk have been gathering up great reviews by the bundle. The releases speak for themselves ­ the Joseph Nothing (also records for Planet Mu) 7” is particularly choice. Joseph Nothing / Pale 7” www.warprecords.com/?mart=ST005 Machine Girl / Enduser 12” www.warprecords.com/?mart=ST006 Rusuden ‘ Formulae’ album www.warprecords.com/?mart=ST007 - - - - - - - - - LEX RECORDS has had a vintage year in 2003, some of the latest releases are here: DM and Jemini “26 Inches EP” www.warprecords.com/?mart=lex022 Hymies Basement LP www.warprecords.com/?mart=lex019 Read article about Lex design here www.warprecords.com/?news=754 - - - - - - - - - ARCOLA are back with the latest in their four-to-the-floor finely crafted 12”s. This instalment by Louis Digital is on preorder until December 8th. Louis Digital ‘Insurgency Soul’ www.warprecords.com/?mart=ARC03 Denis Rusnak Working Sister (out now) www.warprecords.com/?mart=ARC002 - - - - - - - - - 21.11.03 : GHOSTLY, DATABASS, CLONE, SONIG AND MORE GHOSTLY and their sister label SPECTRAL are two of the best American labels around, with a very fine and expanding catalogue. We are now stocking all of this, including brand new releases. Here is a selection: you can find more by looking in the ‘OTHER’ section of WARPMART RECOMMENDS, or by BROWSING under ‘GHOSTLY’ or ‘SPECTRAL’. Matthew Dear “Dog Days” www.warprecords.com/?mart=SPC10 James Cotton ‘Buck!’ www.warprecords.com/?mart=SPC9 Matthew Dear 'EP 2' www.warprecords.com/?mart=SPC7 - - - - - - - The lovely people at SONIG have come up with some excellent new releases for the autumn, all available now from Warpmart. Back catalogue restocked too, including the Sonig compilation. ae ‘Bootleg’ limited LP and CD www.warprecords.com/?mart=SONIG28 aelters ‘ardchilds’com.undo’ limited LP and CD www.warprecords.com/?mart=SONIG29 Schlammpeitziger ‘everything without all’ limited LP and CD www.warprecords.com/?mart=SONIG32 - - - - - - - - DATABASS is a Detriot based label which specializes in electro and so-called booty-bass records. A high energy blend of sped up, sexually explicit rap vocals and thumping electro grooves will appeal to the ravers and fans of Ed DMX’s Breakin’ output. DJ Godfather ‘The 50th Release’ www.warprecords.com/?mart=DB050 Starski and Clutch [Todd Osborne] players, balers, rollers www.warprecords.com/?mart=DB048 Belle Isle Players www.warprecords.com/?mart=DB044 - - - - - - - - CLONE, the high quality Dutch electro/techno label, have supplied us with some excellent releases recently. The new Drexciyan stuff is excellent. Lab Rat XL (Drexciya) ‘Mice or Cyborg’ www.warprecords.com/?mart=C31 - - - - - - - - BIP-HOP are back with two weighty and diverse albums. Si-cut.db featured on Issue One of the Warpmart sampler (now sold out). si-cut.db and full effect www.warprecords.com/?mart=BLEEP22 Also, si-cut.db ‘Find Some Shade’ another fantastic album of minimal, clicky house and dub on Highpoint Lowlife Records. www.warprecords.com/?mart=HPLL006 - - - - - - - - - Other special recommendations for this week … Anthony Manning ‘Compendium’ - lovingly prepared collection of this brilliant abstract techno music. Highly recommended. www.warprecords.com/?mart=UNBIC1004 LJ Kruzer ‘Bitch Owes Money’ featuring Posthuman remix ­ very limited 10” dub-plate www.warprecords.com/?mart=UNCHDUB1 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 2. Promotions and offers BASIC FLANNEL OFFER Warpmart are now offering the opportunity to own the very scarce BASIC FLANNEL CD, a special mix constructed by Mark Bell to celebrate the launch of the new LFO album SHEATH. A range of classics from the Warp and LFO catalogues are squished together by Mark, whose DJ sets are pretty legendary in themselves. Please scroll down to find a tracklisting. The CD will be given away with ALL orders where the value of the items (not including post and packing) is over 50 POUNDS. A chance to get those Christmas gifts in early. Hmm. We will post a note on the site and remove this offer when we begin to run out of the CDs, of which we only have a very limited supply. Contact: mart@warprecords.com WARP RECORDS PACKS 2003 You can now purchase bundles of Warp CD albums that represent the cream of our releases this year, for a special discounted price. Packs that we have made so far are: WARPACK01 - Aphex Twin '26 Mixes for Cash', Autechre 'Draft 7.30', Mira Calix 'Skimskitta' and Prefuse 73 'One Word Extinguisher'. £39.99 www.warprecords.com/?mart=WARPACK01 WARPACK02 - LFO 'Sheath', Chris Clark 'Empty the Bones of You', Luke Vibert 'Yoseph' [including nice little glo-in-the-dark stickers] and Plaid 'Spokes'. £39.99 www.warprecords.com/?mart=WARPACK02 WARPACK03 - Doublepack CDs from the Warp 10 series: Classics, Influences, Remixes, as well as the special limited edition sampler Routine, available only from Warpmart. £39.99 www.warprecords.com/?mart=WARPACK03 WARPACK04 - We are Reasonable People, Pioneers of the Hypnotic Groove, Blech II and the Japanese Peel Sessions, costing only £29.99. www.warprecords.com/?mart=WARPACK04 You can also get hold of two other packs in Warpmart for special discounted prices - CCPACK01 - Featuring both 'Empty the Bones of You' and 'Ceramics is the Bomb' by Chris Clark. Available on LP and CD. Pack price £12.99. www.warprecords.com/?mart=CCPACK01 LEXPACK01 - Featuring both '26 Inch EP' and 'Ghetto Pop Life' by DM and Jemini. Pack price £16.99. www.warprecords.com/?mart=LEXPACK01 :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 3. Other news To coincide with the new dancehall music in Warpmart, we are initiating a special Warpmart competition, which gives you the chance to win £50 pounds worth of ANY Warpmart music. All you have to do is to send us your own homemade, DIY effort at producing a 'rhythm' for any one of the accapellas from the new ragga 12" www.warprecords.com/?mart=RAC001, or for any accapella that you might already have or get off the internet. Simply transport the vocal into your sequencer, work out the BPM and get going, or alternatively, mash the whole thing up through granular synthesis in Reaktor, or anything you like really. Then send the results to the address below: Dancehall Rhythm Competition, Warpmart, PO BOX 25378, London, NW5 1GL The closing date is December 31st, and the winner will be announced on Monday 5th January. The winner will receive £50 pounds worth of Warpmart vouchers, and two runners up will receive 2 Warp albums of their choice. Also, the winners will have their efforts posted up on Warpmart for a bit, obviously. A chance to gain a bit of notoriety there then. If you feel the need for inspiration, why not peruse the now extensive dancehall and reggae collection now available in Warpmart? First up there are the specific dancehall releases that we stock: 7"s directly from Jamaica, from the likes of Elephant Man, Beenie Man, TOK and more. Then there are Soundmurderer (on both Rephlex and Violent Turd Records), The Bug and DJ Scud who mash these sounds to oblivion. Then check the labels SHOCKOUT and MASHIT, both devoted to such enjoyable sonic destruction. 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