Archives for the ‘Albums’ Category

Thisisnotanexit: Manifesto #1

By Urlaubshits • Mar 24th, 2010 • Category: Albums, Blog

London based Thisisnotanexit’s first compilation, featuring familiar artists and new, and a continuous mix from label head Simon A. Carr.



Krikor & The Dead Hillbillies: Land Of Truth

By Urlaubshits • Dec 9th, 2009 • Category: Albums

Veteran French producer Krikor releases his first album, an uncanny exploration of his Dead Hillbillies’ parallel sonic landscape.



Bottin: Horror Disco

By Urlaubshits • Oct 19th, 2009 • Category: Albums

Debut album from Italy’s Bottin is a masterful exercise in contemporary Italo disco, with a dark and vintage edge.



Black Meteoric Star: Black Meteoric Star

By Urlaubshits • Jun 13th, 2009 • Category: Albums

Gavin Russom’s long-awaited Black Meteoric Star material is finally released, and this album, collecting edits of the three 12″ singles, does not disappoint.



Blackbelt Andersen: Blackbelt Andersen

By Urlaubshits • Mar 26th, 2009 • Category: Albums

Debut full-length from Full Pupp’s Nordic disco cowboy.



Beyond The Wizards Sleeve: Re-Animations Volume 1

By Urlaubshits • Mar 19th, 2009 • Category: Albums

Of all of Erol Alkan’s myriad of identities, Beyond The Wizards Sleeve is the one that I increasingly find myself drawn to. Along with Richard Norris, Beyond The Wizards Sleeve have been remixing some pretty big names over the last few years, and each of them has been collected on this new compilation. And considering [...]



Various Artists: Milky Disco 1.5

By Urlaubshits • Feb 3rd, 2009 • Category: Albums

iTunes exclusive compilation from Lo Recordings offers some brilliantly vintage nu-disco sounds.



Various Artists:
Dirty Edits Vol. 2

By Urlaubshits • Jan 18th, 2009 • Category: Albums

Edits are everywhere these days. They fill the disco racks at record stores, and to me they seem to be the disco scene’s equivalent of the quickly made unofficial remixes which clog up the Hype Machine on a daily basis. The term “edit” is pretty loose these days. Back in the 1980s when people started [...]



Glass Candy:
Deep Gems

By Urlaubshits • Jan 13th, 2009 • Category: Albums

Deep Gems is Glass Candy’s latest release on Italians Do It Better, and it may be advertised as a “collection of singles, b-sides, and rarities”, but it is no less essential than it’s predecessor Beatbox.



Woolfy vs. Projections:
The Astral Projections of Starlight

By Urlaubshits • Dec 18th, 2008 • Category: Albums

Permanent Vacation seem to release something outstanding every month – it’s not hyperbole to say that they have genuinely released some of the best records of 2008. Every single one of their releases manages to be both cheesy and cerebral, and records that are genuinely memorable. In the year in which many quarters are calling [...]