Cktrl - Spirit - VINYL LP

Vinyl LP pressing. Includes . Franz Ferdinand is the self-titled debut album from the band originally released in 2004.

At only 23 years old and with half a billion streams, 5 EPs and 2 full length albums, headline tours across UK, Europe, Asia, Australia & USA, and collaborations with Nile Rodgers and Todd Rundgren under his belt, Alfie Templeman continues to go from strength to strength. This year marks the 5 year anniversary of his career-changing EP 'Happiness in Liquid Form' and to celebrate Alfie & Chess Club Records are excited to announce a vinyl reissue of this seminal EP - pressed exclusively for Record Store Day 2026. With the original 10Inch vinyl pressed in small quantity and sold out on pre-order, this 12Inch reissue comes in the form of a picture disc vinyl featuring the original EP on Side A, containing 2 of his most beloved fan favourites 'Things I Thought Were Mine' & 'Happiness in Liquid Form', as well as his collaboration with tag mates Coach Party, 'My Best Friend'. Side B boasts 2 never-before-heard tracks from the Happiness in Liquid Form era, 'Only One' and 'Endlessly', both produced by The Vaccines founding member & drummer Pete Robertson whose production credits include Beabadoobee, Hinds, Jane's Addiction, Keo. Side B also features live & acoustic versions of breakout single 'Happiness in Liquid Form' performed for VEVO DSCVR, which combined have amassed almost 200k views on YouTube.

Canadian producer Dylan Khotin-Foote has kept his Khotin alias going for the better part of a decade; the impressionistic electronic project shifts with the movements in his life. Sometimes it leads, like when the club-friendly grooves of 2014's Hello World immersed him in the heart of Vancouver's underground dance scene, and sometimes it follows, like 2018's Beautiful You, a downtempo salve for DJ fatigue. His melodic sensibility and playful ear for atmosphere remain the rippling core of the project's fingerprint; whether beat-driven or ambient, a foggy smear or a dusted and pristine print, a Khotin track has a distinct and instantly recognizable swirl. During and after the 2020 of Finds You Well, his second LP on Ghostly International, Khotin-Foote settled back into a slower vibe in his hometown of Edmonton. Even before the pandemic, his pivots to softer production, and away from DJing, left him with fewer opportunities in Vancouver and club bookings overall, and as a self-identifying introvert, he was fine with that. But the change of pace did open space for Khotin-Foote to grapple with concepts of adulthood and career. At his lowest, he almost walked off this musical path altogether; instead, he doubled down on the craft - the tone, pacing, and dynamism of new material - arriving at a definitive full-length. With Spirit, Khotin releases himself from the pressure of expectation, fusing and refining everything we know about his music. The warmth and familiarity of Khotin's dreamy, dulcet style meet new ideas and frameworks, a natural progression, a modest revelation; Khotin confirms it is okay to move slowly and he's never sounded better doing it.The album title borrows from the Inch spiritInch mechanic in the video game World of Warcraft. When players die, they are prompted to their spirit and return as ghosts to find their corpses and come back to life. Kho