Pat Matshikiza - Sikiza Matshikiza - VINYL LP

U. K. progressive post-rock supergroup Crippled Black Phoenix is a musical collective that has featured nearly 30 members in it's rotating roster. The constant driving force is multi-instrumentalist Justin Greaves (Electric Wizard, Iron Monkey, Se Delan), who formed the band in 2004 with Mogwai bassist Dominic Aitchison. Creating what they describe as Inchendtime balladsInch to signify both the slightly macabre nature of their songs and the unusual blend of styles as the final evolution in music. The band have made live shows a focus by performing in unusual venues across the world as well as using Victorian-era instruments in tandem with more modern instruments, often involving more than a dozen members on-stage. In 2006, Crippled Black Phoenix released their debut album, 'A Love of Shared Disasters', on Invada Records followed in 2009 by 'The Resurrectionists' and 'Night Raider', which have now been remastered for reissue on Kscope - following the success of their 2018 album 'Great Escape' on Season of Mist. 'The Resurrectionists' and 'Night Raider' completed a trilogy with 'A Love of Shared Disasters', featuring literary historical tales and personal stories of loss and love, the band produced a captivating sound that's simultaneously archaic and modern. Back in 2004, the then Electric Wizard drummer Justin Greaves started recording songs he'd had in his head for several years using primitive recording techniques; these recordings formed the bones of Crippled Black Phoenix. During 2006 the band recorded their debut album in Bristol during the recording old friends aligned and helped Greaves fully realize visions that had been pestering him for years. The result is the culmination of all the members' eclectic influences. This vinyl edition of 'Night Raider' is released in tandem with 'The Resurrectionists' as a double LP in gatefold packaging, featuring newly remast

Tshona! Is an influential collaborative album between pianist Pat Matshikiza, and saxophonist Kippie Moketsi originally released on The Sun tag in 1975, also featuring Basil Mannenberg Coetzee. We Are Busy Bodies will reissue the album on April 15 as part of it's Pat Matshikiza and Kippie Moketsi trilogy of releases. The album has been remastered from the original tape by Noah Mintz and artwork restored by Steve Lewin. Tshona is a Xhosa command meaning plunge into the water or dive into a hole - the meaning captured by artist Mafa Ngwenya in the cover drawing. Language purists, however, shake their heads and see a generation going to the dogs when they hear us in the townships saying 'Tshona' when we invite somebody to join us in work we are doing, or when we point to a destination and tell a guy 'Tshona Khona'. But with the poetry of the young, we ignore thepurists and continue to invite people to our immersion 'Tshona'. - Joe Thloloe1. Shrimp Boats2. Stop and Start3. Umgababa4. Kippie's Prayer

NYC speed rockers Pons are wound up and hot for skronk on The Liquid Self, a golden spiral into insanity at sea surfacing on cassette & streaming 10/6/23, vinyl on 2/16/24. Besieged by a lighthouse panopticon of pummeling, engine-room percussion, The Liquid Self rises higher than the tides of destiny. The Liquid Self chums indie rock's murky waters with bloody chunks of Lightning Bolt, Van Halen and King Crimson to lure PONS' mythical and unhinged creation to the surface. The vinyl drops 2/16/24 - only on Dedstrange.1. Fish Out of Water 2. Sinking Feeling3. Hooks4. Crabbing The Bucket5. Flounder 6. Queen Conch 7. Flight 19 8. Coral King 9. Manfish 10. Doctor Octopus  11. Big River