Ernie Hines - Electrified (ALL-ANALOG) - VINYL LP

Ever since Pete Rock and C.L. Smooth sampled Ernie's anthemic InchOur GenerationInch on their 1992 chart-topper InchStraighten It OutInch (and then John Legend and The Roots covered the song in 2010), 1972's Electrified has been one of the most collectible releases of it's era. InchOur GenerationInch is justly famous, a masterpiece of socially conscious '70s gospel-inflected soul, but the rest of the record isn't far from the high standard set by that song, with InchSugar Plum (Gimme Some)Inch InchYour Love (Is All I Need),Inch and the original version of The Temprees' InchExplain It to Her MamaInch the particular highlights. Exquisite production from the We Produce tag's Jo Bridges and Tom Nixon, too. We got a hold of the OG two-track master tape for this ALL-ANALOG pressing in black or magenta vinyl! Album Tracks 1. Electrified Love 2. Come on Y'all 3. Your Love Is All I Need 4. What Would I Do 5. Sugar Plum (Gimme Some) 6. A Better World (For Everyone) 7. A Change Is Gonna Come 8. Explain It to Her Mama 9. Our Generation

The double meaning of Brandon Valdivia's pseudonym Mas Aya neatly encapsulates his musical outlook. Over the past fifteen years, the Toronto composer, percussionist and producer has established himself as an integral part of the city's vibrant and varied music community through his membership in groups such as Not The Wind, Not The Flag, Picastro, The Cosmic Range, I Have Eaten The City, and alongside the GRAMMY Award-nominated Lido Pimienta, who appears on this disc. The Mas Aya moniker speaks to the interplay of the traditional and the exploratory in his work and refers both to the Nicaraguan town where his grandmother is from, and the Spanish phrase Inchel más allá,Inch meaning Inchthe beyond.Inch Máscaras, Valdivia's fourth since 2012, marks his debut with Telephone Explosion and first on vinyl. It's easily his most colourful and expansive outing to date; nowhere else in his catalogue is the aforementioned collision of musical lineages and sonic discovery more evident.Like his alias, the album's title (Spanish for 'masks') embodies multiple significances. On one hand, it invokes the distinctive masks employed in both indigenous ceremony and Nicaraguan resistance movements (referenced in Máscaras' artwork). On the other, it's descriptive of one of Valdivia's preferred compositional devices. In any given one of these pieces the focal point remains in flux-concealed even- as it's constituent ingredients dance their way in and out the foreground.Máscaras is anchored by Valdivia's deft and atmospheric production style that folds together intricate spiraling synths, balmy environments, and crisp drum programming, variously drawing from trap, footwork, early Warp-tag gestures, and the digital end of dancehall reggae. Yet it's his love of organic instrumentation that truly cements his commitment to an eclectic, unclassifiable aesthetic. Although he's well-respected as

Lost Loves lives up to it's title quite literally as a collection of hard to let go songs pulled from the band's past seven odd years of writing, recording and releasing records. 'Inevitably some of your favorite songs are going to be cut in the necessity of creating the right sequence for that particular time says bassist Cory Murchy. 'Regardless of the reason they weren't included, it wasn't for lack of love and appreciation of the songs themselves.' Somewhat by chance the black sheep that didn't quite fit in with Planet of Ice, OMNI, and Infinity Overhead coalesce among their once regretfully forsaken peers. 'Perhaps it's because they didn't make the past albums that they fit so seamlessly together' muses Murchy. Album Tracks 1. Electric Rainbow 2. Surf-N-Turf 3. Broken China 4. Walk on Air 5. Patiently Waiting 6. Cat Calls & Ill Means 7. Invented Memory 8. South Side Life 9. Your Private Sky 10. The Lucky Ones 11.